"Couch" Caroline instructs as soon as we set foot on the Gilbert property.

" I'm fine. I just...I want something to eat first." She replies, making a bee line towards the kitchen.

"You're right," I pause, following behind, "Chinese food does seem really appetising right now." Caroline shakes her head at me, trying very hard to hide her grin and replace it with a Motherly frown, telling me how I'm going to end up fat.

"We're on it, as soon as we make sure no one is lurking in the closets." Tyler says, sticking his tongue out at me.

"All right, couch, now!" Caroline commands, grabbing Elena by the shoulders and dragging her into the living room. I smirk, following slowly behind and plonking myself down in the single armchair."Doctor says rest, you rest." Caroline continues, throwing a big furry blanket towards her head.

"Now, what can I get you? Do you want some tea, maybe some vodka? Both will help you sleep." I scoff, seeing Elena stare at Caroline as if she were looking at some alien intruder.

"I know, I'm being smothering. It's what I do" Caroline sighs lightly.

"No, it's-it's nice" Elena says, careful to spare Caroline's feelings.

"I'm thinking-maybe tea with vodka." I supply for Caroline, she nods in approval and scurries off.

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" I'm being over coddled. I feel completely fine." Elena says, her eyes begging me for help.

"Sorry sugar plum-" I pause to lick my dry lips, "I do Not want Caroline on my back for saving you." She sighs, probably remembering the time where Caroline went king kong on Bonnie for letting me chill when I was ill.

" You're on house arrest. You're supposed to be coddled." Stefan says from his position in the kitchen.

"Wouldn't it be smarter if we just got you the hell out of town?"Matt says, likely still hung up on the lingering idea of Melena.

" And do what? Go on the run for the rest of my life? No thank you. "Elena gets up., leaving the room," And I'm not an invalid. I'm done with the couch."

For a few moments it is completely silent, before I interrupt it.

"Well you to sure suck dick." Matt rolls his eyes at me while Stefan sighs.

"So, you're just gonna let her call the shots?" Matt asks incredulously.

"Hey Matty boi, are you trying to breach Elena's human rights?" Why, when I'm being the only logical person, must everyone ignore me.

"Letting her make her own decisions" Stefan sighs.

"Even if they're wrong?" Matt asks, questioning Stefan's sanity.

" Nothing wrong with free will, Matt. Trust me, you don't realise that till you lose it."

I sigh,"Stefan, I can feel a story coming on, and I just wanted to tell you." I pause," We really don't want to hear it."

" Stefan"Elena says, her voice monotone, catching all of our attention as we turn to stare at the open door, where Elijah stands.

" Elijah." Stefan says, his tone identical to Elena's.

"Hello again..."

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We all sit; Elijah,Stefan, Matt, Elena and I,in the living room, seemingly quite awkward.

I sit next to Elijah since no one else seems overly comfortable around him.

" All we need is to take that stake away from him. Once he's been disarmed, the weapon's in my possession, my family will scatter to the ends of the Earth and Alaric will follow us." Elijah says, trying to form a plan.

"And you'll just run?"Stefan asks, sitting himself down next to Elena.

"We've done it before. Klaus and Rebekah spent the better part of a thousand years evading my father. What's another half century while Elena is able to live out the rest of her natural life?" Elijah says,placing his hand in my lap as I play absent-mindedly with his fingers.

" We've finally stopped him, Elijah. After everything that he's done to us, I can't just let you bring him back.

"Wait, what?" I ask, scrunching my nose up in confusion, Elijah squeezes my hand comfortingly.

" I give you my word, Elena. I will not revive Klaus within yours nor even within your children's lifetimes. Perhaps that will finally teach him some manners." Elijah says, squeezing my hand again.

"Revive Klaus?" I ask, totally out of the know.

" Why should she trust you? All you've done is screw her over." Matt says, for some reason giving me a pitiful look.

" And for that, I am deeply ashamed. But know this, she could have been dead the instant I walked through that door tonight, so Elena, I leave it to you to make the decision whether to trust me or not." Elijah says whilst I re-run the entire conversation over in my mind, trying to find what I have missed.

Another voice suddenly interrupts, scaring my insides out of my flesh as Elijah chuckles lightly at me. "Not! Hello? Did that concussion give you brain damage?! His lunatic siblings will kill you the first chance they get!" The voice of Damon Salvatore reverberates through the room from Stefan's phone.

"Rebekah and Kol will honour the terms. If you return Klaus' body to us, Elena will come to no harm and Evie will come with us." He states, ignoring Damon.

" Do we have a deal?" Elijah asks.

"No! No, no, no, no! Did I mention no? Evie is going no where, just to add on" Damon yells through the phone.

" Elena, it's up to you" Stefan says, disregarding Damon's protests, causing me to smirk.

"Why do you want Klaus' body?" Why are they referring to Klaus as if he is not alive?

"We have a deal." Elena sighs after Elijah's family speech.

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"Mm, thank you" Elena says as Matt hands her a cup of tea, I sip calmly on my bourbon.

"Sorry, I over-honeyed. I suck at tea." Matt says, watching Elena scrunch her face up in disgust.

"Matt, you should really cut down on the honey, Matt Honeycutt." I laugh at the sour expression on his face as his lips form a thin line.

"So, Stefan?" Matt asks, changing the subject after realising how boring honey actually is.

"He saved my life, you know. I never told you that. The night that my parents' car went off the bridge, Stefan was the one that saved me." I for one, have heard this story far too much.

My boyfriends perfect, you should get one like mine, Yours tried to kill all of your family and friends... Blah, Blah,Blah,Blah, key word... tried.

" So, do you feel like you owe him or something?" Matt asks... You know I'm only now realising that Matt could be class as a player... Me, Elena, Caroline, Rebekah... I wouldn't be surprised if he had a fling with Tyler, those kids are glued to each other.

"No, it's not that. It's – after the accident, I kind of felt like I didn't know how to live anymore, like I didn't want to, but then being with Stefan...it just...somehow I figured it out. And that's what love should be. You should love the person that makes you glad that you're alive" Sappy.

" So then, what's the problem?" Matt presses.

"The problem's Damon. When I'm with him, he just consumes me. And I know that I can't love them both, I know that it's wrong, but I – when I choose one then I'll lose the other. And I don't want to lose anyone else. I – I just – I wish that I had my mom here to give me some advice." I smirk.

"Babe, Damon is always going to be a problem..."

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Now, you are probably wondering how I ended up chained up in Matt's pick up truck, it's a funny story actually.

"Evie, can you pass me the frying pan?" Matt asked me, making who knows what.

"Get it yourself, your stood right next to it." I sigh... Why must boys be so lazy?

" Evie." He starts, picking up the frying pan with an over exaggerated sigh.

"Matt-" I start, before the dick-wad hit me around the head with it.

So that brings me here, next to an unconscious Elena locked up in Matt's pick up truck with my hands and legs tied together.

"What the hell Matt?" I ask, he continues to drive.

"I'm taking you and Elena away from Mystic falls." He says simply, avoiding eye contact at all costs.

"What's going on?" Elena asks, her eyes flying open.

" It's the only way I was gonna get you in this truck." Matt says, not looking at either of us.

"The tea. You drugged me?" Elena asks him, taking the ropes off of me with out Matt noticing.

"You drugged her?" I ask, annoyed,"You went all Rapunzel on me, hitting me with your frying pan."

"You wouldn't swap your damn alcohol for a cup of tea," He accuses, suggesting that I am in the wrong. I huff.

" What the hell is going on, Matt?" Elena repeats, tearing off the final rope from my hand.

" I'm getting you both out of town, Elena. It's the only way to keep you safe."

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"We have to go back. Listen to me, Matt, if Klaus is the one that turned their bloodline, then they're all gonna die. "Matt doesn't respond. Shouting." We have to go back, Matt!"

I sigh, adding my bit on the end." If Klaus wakes up and finds out you've made off with me and Elena, you're gonna find yourself carved into his deadpool" I shrug.

"Damon's not with them." Matt sighs.

"What?" She asks confused... There is no way I am getting dragged into this love triangle.

"Elijah will probably kick your ass too, and Tyler." I hum.

"He's a hundred miles out of town. I can keep driving to him or I can turn around and go back to Stefan. It's your choice."

"Hey, Elena." I say, causing her to turn her attention to me." Do you think you could pick Damon because Klaus's body is with him." She gives me a disapproving look as I shrug.

"Well if someone had put your supernaturally mated boyfriend to sleep you'd say the same thing"

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" I need to call Stefan, but my phone is dying." She says, sighing. Matt, being our gentlemen kid napper of the evening graciously hands her his phone.

"Here. Use mine"

Slowly, we drive towards wickerry bridge, I feel Elena tense up beside me.

"Thanks. "She smiles, Elena looks up and sees a figure standing in the middle of the road." Matt, look out!" She exclaims.

In a sudden movement, Matt forces his truck to the side to avoid hitting the figure at the end of the bridge, forcing the truck to drive off and submerge us into the freezing water. The water seeps through the open glass, filling the truck as I hold my breath, my foot stuck inside. A set of arms wrap around my body, pulling me out of the water, carrying me to a secluded area to force the salt water out of my lungs.

"You are so light." The voice says, peering down at me.

"Rebekah." I sigh, staring up at her thankfully. With difficulty, I force myself to sit up, pulling her into a hug. Her shock fills the atmosphere as she hugs me back, I smile, feeling the start of a bond beginning to form.

"Thank you, Rebekah." I answer weakly. She pulls back smiling.

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